Disingenuous vs. Ingenuine - What's the difference?

1. Etymology

dis- +‎ ingenuous

2. Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪn.ˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/

3. Adjective

disingenuous (comparative more disingenuous, superlative most disingenuous)

1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
2. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
   • 1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378:

     I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

3. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

3.1. Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disingenuous" is often applied: attempt, argument, statement, conduct, people, excuse, question, assertion.

3.2. Derived terms

• disingenuously
• disingenuousness

4. Further reading

• disingenuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disingenuous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “disingenuous” at OneLook Dictionary Search

1. Etymology

in- +‎ genuine

2. Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn̩ or Rhymes: -ɛnjuːaɪn̩

3. Adjective

ingenuine (comparative more ingenuine, superlative most ingenuine)

1. false, not genuine or authentic.
   • 1993, Sam Kirscher, Working with Adult Incest Survivors: The Healing Journey (page 81)

     This description of the female therapist may have been a transferential distortion, an accurate reading of an ingenuine therapeutic stance, or both.

   • 1995, J. P. Telotte, Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film (page 164)

     Yet those accomplishments may well be forged, that is, a bit ingenuine, since, as our films must inevitably do, they leave the very forces of repression intact […]

3.1. Synonyms

• ungenuine
• false
• fake
• See also Thesaurus:fake

3.2. Antonyms

• genuine
• authentic
• real
• natural
• true